Broom holder



May 1, 1951 f A, BIERY 2,550,956

BRooM HOLDER Filed Jan. 15. 1948 Arf/iur Biery INVENTOR.

Patented May 1, 1951 `UNITED STATES ENT OFFICE p BRGQ'M HOLDER ArthurBiery, Pine Island, Minn., vassfignorgof one-v I half to Lavvlrence1W.`Thomforde,-Pine Island,

Minn.

` Application :lanuary 13, 1948, -Serial'No.f1,959

1 Claiml This invention relates to new and useful imject of `the presentinvention is to provide :a .broom l holder including novel and improvedmeans for clampingly supporting .a Abroom handlewrelative to the same inan elevated position from a oor surface.

Another important object of the present invention is to provide a broomholder including a fixed bearing portion and an adjustable and removablepivotal arm cooperating with said xed bearing portion to frictionallysupport a vbroom handle therebetween.

A further object of the present invention is to provide a broom holderthat is small and compact in structure and which is quickly and readilymanipulated in a convenient manner to apply a broom handle to the sameor to remove a broom handle therefrom.

A still further aim of the present invention is to provide a broomholder that is simple and practical in construction, strong and reliablein use, neat and attractive in appearance, relatively inexpensive tomanufacture, and otherwise well adapted for the purposes for which thesame is intended.

Other objects and advantages reside in the details of construction andoperation as more fully hereinafter described and claimed, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings forming part hereof, wherein likenumerals refer to like parts throughout, and in which:

Figure 1 is a front elevational view of the broom holder constructed inaccordance with the present invention, and showing a broom handlesupported by the same;

Figure 2 is a top'plan view of Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a transverse vertical sectional view taken substantially onthe plane of section line 3-3 of Figure l;

Figure 4 is a longitudinal vertical sectional view of the present broomholder taken substantially on the plane of section line 4 4 of Figure 2;

Figure 5 is a perspective view of the movable support member used inconjunction with the present invention; and

Figure 6 is a transverse vertical sectional view taken substantially onthe plane of section line 6 6 of Figure 5.

Referring now to the drawings in detail, wherein for the purpose ofillustration, there is disclosed a preferred embodiment of the presentinvention, the numeral I8 represents a substantially rectangular baseplate having a plurality Vproivements in broom holders and the primaryobof apertures I2 that receive suitable fasteners for removably securingthe base plate relative to a :supporting structure such as a wall, adoor or the inner panel of a cabinet. One end portion .of the base plateIf) is turned outwardly ftoprovide an angular bearing strip Iii having aflared or arcuate outer end i6 which is adapted to frictionally engage abroom handle I8 facilitating the guiding or positioning of the broomhandle I8 relative to the base plate I0 and against the bearing stripi4.

The free end portion of the base plate I0 is also turned inwardly toprovide an angular strip 2G which is cut or slit as at 22 facilitatingthe upper portion of the strip 20 to be folded downwardly to provide axed support plate 24.

The numeral 26 represents the substantially T-shaped movable supportmember used in conjunction with the present invention generally,including a longer leg 28 and outwardly extending side tabs or integralprojections 38. These side tabs are turned inwardly toward each other toprovide substantially opposed L-shaped retainer plates 3l thatfrictionally engage and embrace a substantially rectangular, resilientpad or bearing block 32 having a concaved outer end 33. The face end ofthe longer leg 28 is angulated to provide a reduced, substantiallyV-shaped attaching ear or offset inner end portion 34 that, frictionallyengages a selected opening 36 provided in the xed support plate 24, forpivotal or hinged movement of the member 26 relative to the bearingstrip I4. l

In practical use of the device, the movable support member 26 is raisedor pivoted upwardly so that the broom handle I8 may be frictionallypositioned against the bearing strip I4 and the base plate ID, as shownbest in Figures 1 and 4 of the drawings. The movable support member 26-is then pivoted downwardly so that the pad 32 will frictionally engagethe broom handle in a camlike action to force the broom handle againstthe bearing strip Ill and thus, the broom handle will be clampinglysupported between the bearing strip I 4 and the movable support arm 26.

To accommodate broom handles of various diameters or thicknesses, thereis provided a plurality of the aforementioned openings 36 in the iixedsupport plate 24, to selectively engage the reduced, angulated attachingear 34.

In view of the foregoing description taken'in conjunction with theaccompanying drawings it is believed that a clear understanding of theconstruction, operation and advantages of the device will be quiteapparent to those skilled in this art` more detailed description isaccordingly deemed unnecessary.

It is to be understood, however, that even though there is herein shownand described a preferred embodiment of the invention the same issusceptible to certain changes fully comprehended by the spirit of theinvention as herein described and the scope of the appended claim.

Having described the invention what is claimed as new is:

A broom holder comprising an elongated base plate having rst and secondvertically disposed lateral projections at the ends thereof, said secondprojection having an upper portion, the upper portion of said secondprojection being folded downwardly to provide a fixed horizontal supportplate, said support plate having a plurality of spaced openings therein,an elongated and at arm having a substantially V-shaped offset inner endportion received in a selected one of the openings in said support platefor, swinging movement of said arm relative to said support plate andtoward said first projection, side tabs at the free end of said arm,said side tabs having inwardly turned end portions underlying 4 thelower end of said arm, and a resilient block clamped against said arm bysaid tabs and the inwardly turned end portions of the tabs, said blockhaving an end portion projecting outwardly from the free end of the armand cooperating with the rst projection for clamping a broom handle tosaid base plate.

ARTHUR BIERY.

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